24th Combat Mapping Squadron

Flight crew #5308 at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, with F-7A/B-24 "Pvt. Peggy-I," serial #42-40433 at the end of stateside training before being sent overseas. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force. Back: Sgt. William L. Ferrington, 2nd Lt. Thurston P. Hooper, 2nd Lt. William J. Rumler, 2nd Lt. Gordon T. Howes, Sgt. Jerry F. Perelli Front...

Film drying at photo lab of the 24th Mapping Squadron. June 10, 1944.

"Print Stripping" at photo lab of the 24th Mapping Squadron--laying out related photographic prints as they were photographed on the negatives. February 12, 1945.

"Mosaic laying" at photo lab of the 24th Mapping Squadron--cutting and pasting numerous high-resolution aerial images together onto a board to create a wide view. June 10, 1944.

Barracks area at Zhanyi, Yunnan, China, during WWII.

Flight "A" of 24th Mapping Squadron at APO 690, Gushkara, India. March 1945. With B-24/F-7.

Nose art and camera port on F-7A/B-24 "Nasty Lil," serial #42-64055. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Camera port of F-7A/B-24 "The Flying Anvil," on February 22, 1945. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

View from atop wing of F-7A/B-24 "Nasty Lil," serial #42-64055. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Rice paddies and walled town of Zhanyi, Yunnan, China, during WWII. December, 1944.